How to make PNG insted of JPG

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How to make PNG instead of JPG with "make unique texture " function?

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Change the export type when you export it.

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No option for that; I exported by photoshop bridge ā€œedit texture image in external editorā€ [and this is pure gold option] but I canā€™t change, file extend :[ , itā€™s always JPG

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You can export the texture as a png. Save it locally and then edit it.

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long process

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Alright. Then the answer is no.

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no hacks? this is hard-coded .jpg extension ? Thanks anyway; I need to look on my own then;

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If there was an option to change it, youā€™d see an Options button or be prompted to choose a file type as you are when you export a texture image.

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NO, but SU doesnā€™t convert imagesā€¦

if you start with a png, SU uses a pngā€¦

you can test this by importing a new texture png, apply it, make_unique and then edit itā€¦

it remains a png throughoutā€¦

john

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Once you have a set of textured materials you can use a simple script to export texture files for all of them in one go,
The files can all be made as PNGs if so desired - even it they are currently JPGs.

A ā€˜fast-texture-writerā€™ is needed - e.g.

Hereā€™s another version [RB attached]ā€¦
http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=5357#p5357
Hereā€™s some code to change a texture name/type in situā€¦
The first example renames each texture and also PNGs itā€¦
https://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=524826#p524826
https://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=525945#p525945

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Thanks! the last one looks very interesting;
edit:
WOW RenameTextures.rb !! this is it !! love it THX;

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